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Say on pay: House says yea
The Swampby Richard Simon Responding to the public furor over bonuses paid to executives of Wall Street firms bailed out by taxpayers, the House today voted to give shareholders a bigger say over compensation in the first piece of President Obama's......Tags: Movies, Republican Party, Economic Policy, Financial and Business Services, Laws
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Health-care, Nazism: Fight out of bounds
The Swampby Mark Silva The attempted equation of a health-care overhaul with Nazism, fascism or any such oppressive political mechanism probably defines the outer boundaries of the debate. And Rep. Barney Frank figured the whole thing had gotten out of bounds........Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Barack Obama, National Government, Glenn Beck, Government
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Obama: Wall Street complacency warning
The Swampby Jim Puzzanghera and Walter Hamilton President Obama, in a speech today on the anniversary of the start of the financial crisis, said "the storms of the past two years are beginning to break," but warned Wall Street that "normalcy......Tags: Banking, Weather, Financial and Business Services, Bank of America Corp., Employment
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Obama: 'Don't ask, don't tell' won't do
The Swampby Katherine Skiba and Peter Nicholas President Obama, speaking to the nation's largest gay rights organization, pledged tonight to end the law prohibiting openly gay and lesbian citizens from serving in the military. "I will end 'don't ask, don't tell';....Tags: Republican Party, Environmental Pollution, Activism, Justice and Rights, Environmental Issues
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White House vs FOX News: War in review
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated After a week at "war'' with the FOX News Channel, the White House maintained today that it really isn't too concerned about what FOX says about the administration - and also gave new, high-level......Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Bank of America Corp., Labor Legislation, AFSCME, Finance
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Sarah Palin: Gridiron-ready, Frank too
The Swampby Mark Silva Those East Coast media who are always "making things up'' may not be the best friends of Alaskan Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican nominee for vice president, but Palin is expected at one of the Washington media's......Tags: Wetlands, Bars and Clubs, Natural Resources, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking
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Sarah Palin: Rogue, Joe Biden: Rogaine
The Swampby Mark Silva It's a rite of passage for politicians in Washington: Making fun of oneself. And sometimes politicians do it on purpose - particularly when it's a matter of performing for the Gridiron Club. That's what Sarah Palin, the......Tags: John McCain, Republican Party, Joe Biden, National Government, Government
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Obama: 'Fat-cats' not his constituency
The Swampby Mark Silva Republicans voted against the economic stimulus in the House. They voted against the health-care overhaul in the House. Most of them voted against the "cap and trade'' energy bill in the House, though the handful of Republicans......Tags: Financial Markets, Republican Party, Financial and Business Services, National Government, Federal Bailout Funds
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Bill O'Reilly's Policy: Criticize The Political Ideas, Not The Politicians
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn a no-frills studio in Fox News' Manhattan headquarters, Bill O'Reilly was wrangling with a guest, as usual. This time it wasn't a liberal foe but conservative strategist Dick Morris, who was hammering the Justice Department for hiring a group of...Tags: Movies, Justice System, Morton Downey Jr., Government, Fox Broadcasting Company
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Barney Frank: Health-care deal 'dead'
The Swampby Mark Silva The early line on the question of congressional Democratic leaders taking any end-run around the Massachusetts election that has cost the party its super-majority in the Senate appears to be: Bad idea. Last night, Sen. Evan Bayh......Tags: Satellite Technology, Medical Services, Radio Industry, Health, Evan Bayh
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President Obama To Banks: "We Want Our Money Back"
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterVowing to recover "every single dime the American people are owed," President Obama today proposed a new tax on the nation's largest financial institutions to recover projected losses from the government's bailouts. "We want our money back and we're...Tags: Financial Markets, Republican Party, Financial and Business Services, Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Politicians Throw Preschool-Like Temper Tantrums Weeks Ahead Of Health Care Reform
The Associated PressRemember how shocking it was six months ago when Rep. Joe Wilson shouted "You lie!" to the president? Suddenly, that outburst seems positively genteel. From the "N-word" and anti-gay slurs being leveled at congressmen by protesters right outside the...Tags: Republican Party, Justice and Rights, Justice System, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Health and Safety at School
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